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Kotozna Connects Multiple Chat Apps and Languages
On September 18th, Kotozna Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) released a new service, Kotozna Chat. Unlike any other messaging applications, this service lets you communicate with people using different messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, LINE, WhatsApp*, and KakaoTalk*. (*The service begins in October 2018.) In addition to connecting different messaging apps, it[…]
Continue »Which Device Do Japanese Use To Access Internet?
We hear a lot about how millennials and teenagers are accessing the Internet from their smartphones, and not using PC in the US. This trend seems to be happening in Japan, too. According to LINE’s survey results, 70%* (see graphs below) of teenagers who participated in the survey answered that they only[…]
Continue »Japanese Teenagers Prefer SNOW Over Snapchat
In North America and Europe, people, especially the teenagers are moving away from Twitter and Facebook to Instagram and Snapchat. You can find a similar trend in Japan. According to Just Systems’ web services usage survey report, LINE, Youtube, and Twitter are the 3 most popular web services among Japanese[…]
Continue »47% of Internet Traffic In Japan Comes From Smartphones
Adobe’s latest Digital Insights reported that 47% of overall Internet traffic in Japan came from smartphones in 2016. Adobe conducted the research in 12 countries. The Japan’s smartphone traffic share on Internet was the highest among them. According to their past reports, the Internet traffic share of smartphones in Japan[…]
Continue »Japanese Plans and Books Travel with Mobile
According to TripAdvisor Insight’s TripBarometer report, 42% of people world wide use mobile (smartphone) to make travel plans and bookings. Here’s a list of top 10 countries by the smartphone usage: Thailand – 65% China – 65% Brazil – 59% Indonesia – 59% Malaysia – 53% Italy – 49% USA[…]
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